Find Electrician Apprenticeships

An electrical training apprenticeship provides your team with the knowledge and expertise needed to carry out work in their role across a number of different industries. Electrical training apprenticeships are often connected to the construction industry, however electrical apprenticeship standards also focus on highway maintenance, creating electronic consumer products, working as an electrical engineer for an electric power plant and more. All electricians and those working with electronics will have a broad range of skills, with both expert technical knowledge and practical expertise needed to enable them to carry out their jobs safely and effectively.

Some of the things that an electrical training apprentice will learn to do:

• Install, maintain and repair electrical services (eg. lighting, sockets, fire  alarms, emergency lighting & heating controls)
• Work indoors and outdoors
• Work at height
• Work with little or no supervision; relying on their own initiative
• Develop good working relationships with people
• Read both building and engineering drawings
• Understand wiring and circuit diagrams
• Select materials and equipment
• Inspect and test electrical installations
• Diagnose and rectify faults on a range of circuits and equipment
• Write reports

Who can apply for an electrician apprenticeship?

Electrical apprenticeship training isn’t just for school leavers. There is no age limit and apprenticeships are open to people of any age and any career level. Apprenticeships are valuable for staff of any industry looking to learn practical, role-ready knowledge and skills and you can use the apprenticeship levy to train existing staff as well as taking on new employees. Electrical training apprenticeships are offered from Level 2 (intermediate) all the way up to Level 6 (degree) and are a great way to develop the knowledge and skill set of existing staff.

If you are a company required to pay the apprenticeships levy, you can spend your levy money on apprenticeship training and end-point assessment with a training provider on the Education & Skills Funding Agency’s Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP). We only list RoTAP approved apprenticeship providers, and you can search for courses here to find a provider to match.

Apprenticeship training must last a minimum of 12 months and 20% of the apprentice’s time must be spent on off-the-job training. You can only use funds in the account to pay for apprenticeship training and assessment for apprentices that work at least 50% of the time in England, and only up to the funding band maximum for that apprenticeship.

For employers who don’t pay the levy, support is still available. If you pay 10% of the apprenticeship training costs and the government will pay the rest (90%), up to the funding band maximum. This is known as ‘co-investment’.

What electrician apprenticeship standards are currently being offered?

• Electrical Power Protection and Plant Commissioning Engineer Level 4 Standard

• Electrical/Electronic Technical Support Engineer (Degree) Level 6 Standard

• Electrical/Electronic Product Service and Installation Engineer Level 3 Standard Electrical Power Networks Engineer (previously Power Networks Engineer) Level 4 Standard

• Consumer Electrical and Electronic Products 2, 3 F

• Embedded Electronic Systems Design and Development Engineer (Degree) Level 6 Standard

• Highway Electrical Maintenance and Installation Operative Level 2 Standard

• Highway Electrician / Service Operative Level 3 Standard

• Installation Electrician/Maintenance Electrician Level 3 Standard

Choosing the right electrician apprenticeship training provider

You can find and compare government approved, RoATP registered apprenticeship providers on our website. If you’re not sure which level is right for you or your staff you can find guides, articles and help on our apprenticeship hub.